{"id":8762,"date":"2019-03-20T05:59:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T11:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/?p=8762"},"modified":"2019-03-28T11:18:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T17:18:02","slug":"3-27-meet-google-software-engineer-soeren-walls-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/3-27-meet-google-software-engineer-soeren-walls-17\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/27: Drinking the (Sugar-Free) Kool-Aid: How Working for Google Changed My Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/files\/2018\/09\/5-Under-25-Blog-Featured-Image-2018-19.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7301\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/10-2-learning-coding-like-a-language\/5-under-25-blog-featured-image-2018-19\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/files\/2018\/09\/5-Under-25-Blog-Featured-Image-2018-19.png?fit=2252%2C1499&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2252,1499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5 Under 25 Blog Featured Image 2018-19\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/files\/2018\/09\/5-Under-25-Blog-Featured-Image-2018-19.png?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/files\/2018\/09\/5-Under-25-Blog-Featured-Image-2018-19.png?fit=700%2C466&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7301\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/files\/2018\/09\/5-Under-25-Blog-Featured-Image-2018-19.png?resize=700%2C466&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/files\/2018\/09\/5-Under-25-Blog-Featured-Image-2018-19.png?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/files\/2018\/09\/5-Under-25-Blog-Featured-Image-2018-19.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/files\/2018\/09\/5-Under-25-Blog-Featured-Image-2018-19.png?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/files\/2018\/09\/5-Under-25-Blog-Featured-Image-2018-19.png?resize=600%2C399&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/files\/2018\/09\/5-Under-25-Blog-Featured-Image-2018-19.png?resize=1320%2C879&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/files\/2018\/09\/5-Under-25-Blog-Featured-Image-2018-19.png?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/files\/2018\/09\/5-Under-25-Blog-Featured-Image-2018-19.png?w=2100&amp;ssl=1 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meet <strong>Soeren Walls\u00a0\u201917<\/strong>\u00a0for the fourth 5 Under 25 program of the year!<\/p>\n<p>Soeren has been coding since the age of 11,\u00a0when his uncle gifted him an HTML for Dummies book. He studied Computer Science &amp; Mathematics and Theatre at Colorado College and abroad in Budapest, while also founding two startups and developing Android app GRAVLR. Upon graduating from CC in 2017, Soeren accepted a position with Google. He now works with web architecture design and full-stack web development as a Software Engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Come learn more about the exciting work available to students in the tech space, how to spend your time at CC becoming a compelling candidate to organizations like Google, and what it&#8217;s really like at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/heres-what-its-really-like-to-work-at-google-the-worlds-most-attractive-employer-2015-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;the best place to work in the world&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong>\u00a0Wednesday, March 27, 12:15pm<br \/>\n<strong>Where?<\/strong>\u00a0The Career Center<br \/>\n<strong>RSVP?<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/coloradocollege.joinhandshake.com\/events\/290690\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Yes! RSVP on Handshake.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interested in talking one-on-one with Soeren? <a href=\"https:\/\/doodle.com\/poll\/7x94cy8i5hvdf583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sign up for a 20-minute one-on-one conversation.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>About 5 Under 25<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>5 Under 25<\/strong>\u00a0is a Career Center series that features alumni under the age of 25 in diverse and exciting fields. Each 5 Under 25 program begins with a group lunch at 12:15 in the Career Center.<\/p>\n<p>After a small group lunch, students can sign up for a 20-minute one-on-one conversation with the speaker to ask in-depth questions about their industry, the recruiting process for their organization, and more.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Who are past 5 Under 25 speakers?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79l8e-2d7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holly Moynahan &#8217;15, Economics and Environmental Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/2-7-environmental-sustainability-at-the-happiest-place-on-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cory Page &#8217;18, Environmental Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/10-2-learning-coding-like-a-language\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jo Lingenfelter \u201915, Italian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/5-under-25-is-here-meet-martha-workneh-wolday-on-april-3rd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martha Workneh Wolday \u201916, Economics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/5-under-25-is-here-meet-erin-conner-14-december-5th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erin Conner \u201914, English<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/5-under-25-is-here-meet-beka-adair-16-on-january-29th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beka Adair \u201916, Economics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/5-under-25-is-here-meet-dan-webb-14-october-3rd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Webb \u201914, Physics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Soeren Walls\u00a0\u201917\u00a0for the fourth 5 Under 25 program of the year! Soeren has been coding since the age of 11,\u00a0when his uncle gifted him an HTML for Dummies book. He studied Computer Science &amp; Mathematics and Theatre at Colorado College and abroad in Budapest, while also founding two startups and developing Android app GRAVLR.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":977,"featured_media":7301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80,30],"tags":[1167,2452,2453,798,2454,425,363,746,2451,1100,544,1372,330,263,2440],"class_list":["post-8762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-engineering-technology","category-events","tag-5-under-25","tag-5-under-25-with-soeren-walls","tag-comp-sci","tag-computer-science","tag-cs","tag-engineering","tag-events","tag-google","tag-soeren-walls","tag-software","tag-software-engineer","tag-software-engineering","tag-tech","tag-technology","tag-web"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/files\/2018\/09\/5-Under-25-Blog-Featured-Image-2018-19.png?fit=2252%2C1499&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79l8e-2hk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8762"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8771,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8762\/revisions\/8771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}